Welcome to the Acheson Sweeney Foley Sahota personal injury case law database.

Our firm has collected and organized a number of personal injury court decisions in a publicly-accessible database, for use as a resource by law students, other lawyers and firms, as well as the general public. This database will include some of our firm’s results, as well as results from many other lawyers. For information about results from this firm only, please click here.

The British Columbia Supreme Court and the British Columbia Court of Appeal are the sources for all of the cases in this database; these cases are not official versions of the material produced, and were not made in affiliation with or the endorsement of the British Columbia Superior Courts.




Paguio v. Fraser

             This is an action arising from a collision between two motor vehicles. The sole issue for determination in this trial is that of liability; the plaintiff sustained a serious head injury in the accident....

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Rychter v. Isle of Mann Construction Ltd.

             The defendant Isle of Mann Construction Ltd. (“Isle of Mann”) applies for summary dismissal of this action against it on the basis that by established law it owed no duty of care to the plaintiffs....

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Chandi v. Atwell

             This is an assessment of the infant Plaintiff’s costs in respect of a personal injury action that settled on April 20, 2010 for the sum of $900,000 plus taxable costs and disbursements in advance of the trial that was set for fifteen days commencing on May 31, 2010. The settlement was approved by Mr. Justice Leask on February 8, 2011....

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Saether v. Irvine

             In the early morning hours of July 29, 2001, an altercation occurred in front of a home in Maple Ridge. The plaintiff, Steven Richard Saether, was very significantly injured in the event. By this action, he seeks to recover from the defendant Robert Scott Irvine, damages for those injuries and the consequences which have resulted....

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FitzGibbon v. Ma

             THE COURT: This is an application by the law firm of Hammerberg Altman Beaton & Maglio LLP (the law firm) for the following orders:1.     The court grant the law firm a charge against the settlement proceeds paid out to Mr. Piters in trust for Ms. FitzGibbon for fees, taxes and disbursements;2.     Ms. FitzGibbon and Mr. Piters be held jointly and severally liable for the amount to be assessed; and3.     The matter be remitted to the registrar for taxation, including a determination of interest and the amount of fees owing.Background...

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Galvon v. Hopkins

             THE COURT:  As a result of a motor vehicle accident on June 4, 2007, the plaintiff commenced this action claiming, amongst other things, that she had suffered injury to her head, neck, upper and lower back, and hip areas....

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Burgess v. Buell Distribution Corporation

             THE COURT:  The plaintiff applies for leave to have his expert advisor attend at the examination for discovery of a representative of the defendant Harley-Davidson Motor Company Group, LLC, currently scheduled to take place in Milwaukee on November 15, 2011 and in Vancouver on November 29....

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Parmar v. Lahay

             THE COURT:  This is an application pursuant to Rule 9‑7 of the Supreme Court Civil Rules.  This Action involves a motor vehicle accident on October 6, 2010.  I find that the special damages are $120.  There is no claim for loss of wages or any future loss of capacity.  The sole question is the quantum of the non-pecuniary damages which should be awarded....

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Burnett v. Moir

             This case raises a number of legal and factual issues, but the foremost question is, in what circumstances will police officers be subject to a private law duty of care for acts or omissions committed in the exercise of their public responsibility to preserve the peace and prevent the commission of offences?...

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Milliken v. Rowe

             The plaintiff, Kerry Milliken, was injured in a motor vehicle accident on August 20, 2007, in Roberts Creek on the Sunshine Coast near her home in Gibsons, British Columbia....

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Deol v. Veach

             In this action the plaintiff, Mr. Sarup Deol, seeks damages arising from injuries he sustained when the bicycle he was riding collided with a vehicle driven by the defendant, Mr. Brian Veach....

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